Issues & Events
  • How the FBI's assault on security provoked a backlash

    How the FBI's assault on security provoked a backlash

    Apr 05, 2016 05:09

    The FBI’s underhand attempt to get a judge to order Apple to make iPhones less secure is largely backfiring.

  • Obama’s foreign-policy self-enslavement

    Obama’s foreign-policy self-enslavement

    Apr 05, 2016 05:04

    US President Barack Obama may have seen his refusal to bomb Syria in 2013 as his “liberation day” from Official Washington’s expectations, but he promptly put himself back into captivity.

  • Days of the demagogue: Trump’s deportation fantasies and American realities

    Days of the demagogue: Trump’s deportation fantasies and American realities

    Apr 05, 2016 04:55

    If US presidential elections Republican forerunner, Donald Trump, were a normal political candidate, he would be in serious trouble.

  • President Trump? US war machine rolls on

    President Trump? US war machine rolls on

    Apr 04, 2016 06:36

    There’s little doubt that, as president, Hillary Clinton will enact the same sorts of disastrous and criminal policies that her predecessors of both parties have pursued. Donald Trump, on the other hand, is being lauded by many as a much needed change in terms of US foreign policy, someone whose ideas and actions will be guided by a very different understanding of the world.

  • Untold Story of Palmyra Battle: How NATO Paved the Way for ISIS Advance

    Untold Story of Palmyra Battle: How NATO Paved the Way for ISIS Advance

    Apr 04, 2016 05:56

    Now that the Syrian government of President Bashar al-Assad has succeeded in liberating the historical city of Palmyra from the clutches of the Takfiris, reports have come to light of how the West – the creator of these savage terrorists, along with Turkey, Israel and Saudi Arabia – provided clandestine support to ISIS or the self-styled Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, to advance and occupy large swathes of the territories of Syria and Iraq.

  • Climate disruption in overdrive (2)

    Climate disruption in overdrive (2)

    Apr 04, 2016 05:17

    The article you are about to hear and read has been penned by journalist Dahr Jamail. The following is the second part of this article:

  • Climate disruption in overdrive (1)

    Climate disruption in overdrive (1)

    Apr 03, 2016 05:14

    The article you are about to hear and read has been penned by journalist Dahr Jamail. Following is the first part of this article:

  • After invading Iraq 13 years ago the US is still making the same mistakes

    After invading Iraq 13 years ago the US is still making the same mistakes

    Apr 03, 2016 05:04

    The lead-up to Iraq war in 2003 was filled with spin and misinformation. But today, we aren’t even having the semblance of a debate about military intervention. These words were selected from an article that has appeared on the Guardian. Now we learn more about the story.

  • Brussels terror attacks: Israel targets Europe again (2)

    Brussels terror attacks: Israel targets Europe again (2)

    Apr 03, 2016 03:47

    Sajjad Shaukat writes on international affairs and is author of the book: US vs Islamic Militants, Invisible Balance of Power: Dangerous Shift in International Relations. He has authored a lengthy feature on the Israeli role in the events in Brussles and elsewhere. Following is the second part of his article: